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OTTAWA — The federal government is embarking on a regulatory overhaul to crack down on harassment in federal workplaces, from Parliament Hill to local bank branches.
New legislation unveiled Tuesday is aimed at giving workers and their employers a clear course of action to better deal with allegations of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment, exerting more pressure on companies to combat unacceptable behaviour and punish those who don’t take it seriously.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, called on San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign on Friday amid widespread allegations of sexual harassment against Filner. "The misconduct Mayor Bob Filner has been accused of is reprehensible and indefensible," Schultz said in a statement.

OTTAWA — Canada’s chief of defence staff has prohibited inappropriate jokes of a sexual nature, racy photos and unwelcome advances in an attempt stamp out impropriety and harassment in the military.
Gen. Jonathan Vance’s order not only prohibits obvious offences but goes further, targeting behaviours that “perpetuate stereotypes and modes of thinking that devalue members on the basis of their sex, sexuality or sexual orientation.”

Within a week and a half, the conversation about sexual assault and harassment in Canada has shifted at lightning speed.
The suspension of two Liberal MPs for personal misconduct Wednesday amid allegations that sexual harassment is a scourge in Parliament exposes the impact of abrupt attention on a long-running problem — and shows just how quickly and how far the pendulum has swung in the post-Jian Ghomeshi era.

CAIRO, Egypt — A string of sexual assaults on women during celebrations of Egypt’s presidential inauguration — including a mass attack on a 19-year-old student who was stripped in Cairo’s Tahrir Square — prompted outrage Monday as a video emerged purportedly showing the teenager, bloodied and naked, surrounded by dozens of men.